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GLOBAL SAFETY STANDARDS AGREED FOR HYBRID AND ELECTRIC CARS



BY KEITH NUTHALL

AN IMPORTANT step has been made towards guaranteeing the safety of electric and hybrid cars, with the adoption by the UN’s World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations of a new technical standard on this subject – a global first.…

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EU MEMBERSHIP APPLICANTS HARBOUR USEFUL MARKETS, BUT ALSO POTENTIAL COMPETITORS



BY MARK ROWE

THE NEXT few years are likely to see several countries accede to the European Union (EU), with significant implications for the personal care sector. Local producers of toiletries, detergents and cosmetics, as well as multinationals in a number of countries, are closely following the negotiations conducted by their governments.…

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EU ROUND UP - NEW EUROPEAN COMMISSION FACES ENERGY FUNDING TALKS CHALLENGE



BY KEITH NUTHALL

AS a new European Union (EU) energy Commissioner takes office for the next five years, EU member states are stalling over a plan to inject Euro 50 billion into European energy research budgets over the next decade. The Strategic Energy Technology (SET) plan released by the previous European Commission last October would involve a massive expansion of such spending from 2013 to 2019, but national governments have signalled nervousness.…

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MOLDOVA REMAINS FERTILE GROUND FOR TOBACCO SMUGGLING RINGS



BY MARK ROWE

MOLDOVA would appear to fit the description of a far away country about which the world knows nothing. But its location, adjacent to Romania, (one of the two most recent European Union (EU) member states, Ukraine, the Black Sea and the disputed, politically uncertain region of Transnistria (which remains formally part of Moldovan territory, while its government has little authority there), is extremely familiar, and favoured, by counterfeit cigarette producers and traffickers.…

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TOBACCO TRAVELLER - COLLECTION 2009 - SERBIA



BY MARK ROWE

ACCORDING to World Health Organisation (WHO) data, 33% of women and 51% of men smoke in Serbia, and per capita consumption of cigarettes remained constant at around 80 packs per year between 2005 and 2009.

Sales of boxes of cigarettes have declined since 2004, but this trend accelerated in 2008 when 520,825,787 boxes were sold, a significant drop from 2007 when 573,297,364 were sold, according to the Serbian government statistics department.…

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BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA TOBACCO MARKET AND INDUSTRY REPORT



BY MARK ROWE

The Republic of Bosnia & Herzegovina is a confusing place politically, and so understanding its tobacco market and industry is similarly difficult. Importantly, it comprises two entities, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Srpska and while there is also no domestic tobacco industry in the Republic of Srpska; there is within the Federation, the location of the vast majority of the country’s tobacco production.…

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EASTERN EUROPE OILS AND FATS SECTOR BEING OPENED TO WESTERN EUROPE THROUGH EU TRADE DEALS



BY MARK ROWE and KEITH NUTHALL

RUSSIA’S belligerent approach to its neighbours in recent years has ranged from military conflict with Georgia to energy disputes with Ukraine and a string of commodity-based stand-offs, such as rows with Norway over fish products, Poland over meat supplies and Belarus over sugar.…

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FURTHER EXPANSION OF EU EASTWARDS SEEN AS GENERALLY POSITIVE BY EU FOOD AND DRINK SECTORS



BY MARK ROWE

The expansion of the European Union (EU) continues eastwards – and the food and drink industry of the existing EU will inevitably be affected by the new competition, as will companies in the new member countries.

The next few years are likely to see several countries accede to the EU.…

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ESTONIA CASE CLEARS WAY FOR TOUGH LINE OVER SUGAR HOARDING



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE ABILITY of national and European Union (EU) authorities to take a tough line with confectionery companies stockpiling sugar and other products ahead of their country joining the EU has been strengthened by the European Court of Justice (ECJ).…

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EU STEPS FORWARD TO HELP ELECTRICITY SECTOR THROUGH RECESSION



BY KEITH NUTHALL

EVERY recession has a silver lining: inefficient competitors are unmasked and forced out of business; and governments usually spend freely to pump prime an ailing economy. And for major essential industries such as the power sector, economic slumps can be good times.…

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